Actual image used for the rape section of their pamphlet, entitled simply: Rape.

If the attempt by Occupy Baltimore to give advice to rape victims wasn’t a big clue in how clueless the Occupiers are, maybe this will be convincing. The hacktivist group Anonymous is out with a new guide called Survival for Citizens in a Revolution (PDF download here). Page 8 features advice for potential rape victims and rape victims, and it sounds suspiciously like the advice the Toronto cop gave that prompted Slutwalk, and a whole lot like the advice given to women circa 1 A.D. – 2011. Here it is:

The best protection against rape is not to get in a situation where it could happen

Never go out alone (day or night)

Try to appear undesirable and unattractive, but do not look helpless, or unable to escape.

Wear clothes that cover most of your skin, clothing that is hard to remove for attackers, but do not hinder you while running fast, or climbing a fence.

Wear: jeans, belt, turtleneck etc.

Do not wear: Skirts

Wear decent shoes that you can run in, like sneakers or light boots

Never leave public places, and don’t let people isolate you

Don’t trust new friends

NEVER provoke! What might be okay in a stable society will get you in deep trouble in times when there is no backed law enforcement.

Wear a wedding ring or wedding band, even if not married.

Here’s their advice if you just can’t avoid being raped all by yourself:

If you fight aim for the eyes, throat or genitals, dislocate/break fingers.

And there you have it. Sound advice from DudebroNation on how to protect yourself from DudebroNation. I’m thinking RadFem is onto something with Occupy Dudeville. Maybe a mass challenging of the male authority stinking up the protests is in order. I would personally LOVE to see that.

I have a mini-pepper spray and whistle on my key chain. My husband got it for me for my frequent visits to dd in NYC. (for my subway commutes from OccupyHilton to OccupyBushwick-Brooklyn) I thought it was such a cool idea, I give it as a h.s. and college graduation gift😉

Disclosure, if I were ever in an assault (ok, at my age, steal my handbag) position….I’d probably spray myself in the face😦

True story. I was anti-gun/ pro-regulation in my 20s. Then someone took me shooting and I got empowered. I’m getting my concealed permit for my birthday (in February). I’m too old to use physical strength effectively anymore, and I’m short and small, so I get picked on a lot, even now. And I’m not about to sit around and be bait for those who prey on people like me.

I’m kind of short and small too – I get wierd stalker guys happening to me sometimes although the 30-40ish stalkers don’t bother me anymore. Now it is mostly the older looking guys who need some dental work.

And WTF do they mean by “do not provoke”? Is telling some predator to back off now considered “provocation”?

They seem to think that it’s the default for women to be chattel, and act like it. But in an unstable society, with “no backed law enforcement,” it would make just as much sense for men to go out of their way not to provoke women. After all, who’s going to rescue some harasser or would-be rapist if the woman he’s targeting has an itchy trigger finger?

What’s even more depressing is that just a little over a week ago Anonymous hacked 40 child porn sites, disabled the sites, and published user names. Clearly, they get it right some of the time. (sigh)

They actually run a pretty good shop fighting child porn on facebook with their #OpSafeKids page. The problem comes when the power is concentrated at a male-dominated top-down structure, which sadly, Anonymous still suffers from.

And of course, most of them are young, even the women, and young people don’t want to believe that we haven’t solved age-old problems with sexism, racism, and so many other -isms. And they are hostile to the wisdom of those older than them, who’ve actually seen it.

I guess the third wave and 2nd wave squared are getting a real lesson in the work still to be done, now that they aren’t fighting off hook up attempts one at a time in their favorite bars.

the “never provoke” one is the one that is turning my stomach. it’s like saying, don’t step out of line, ladies, or you’re just asking to be raped. it expands the whole thing into literally ANYTHING you do or say being some kind of “provocation” for rape.

A lot of these anarchist type dudes, and their right wing survivalist counterparts, get off on the idea of a postapocalyptic dystopia in which women are reduced to the role of f***bots or breeding stock. No matter how far apart these guys are politically, they have one thing in common: a pile of well-thumbed Gor novels and a lone tube sock by their bedside.

MIQ: My youngest is actually still in diapers (she’s 16 months old), so it’s not really a matter of “starting.” Anyhoo, I am due on 11/11 and would love to make it that far (coolest birthday ever!) but I’ve never made it past week 39, which is Friday. You know you’ve taken the breeding thing a little too far when you’re looking forward to the peace and quiet of the maternity ward. They are going to have to blast me out of there.

(Also, our current digs are either one step up or one step down from a trailer park. We live in, literally, a barn.)

Where’s the handout, How to
Avoid Being Kicked in the Nuts?
Step One, don’t dangle that shit around and tempt women.
Step Two, wear a cup or obviously you’re just asking for it.
Step Three, NEVER provoke! What might be okay in a stable society will get you in deep trouble in times when women are intensely pissed off at our sexist society.